BUCKNALL, two townships and a parochial chapelry in Stoke-upon-Trent parish, Stafford. The townships are Bucknall and Bucknall-Eaves. Bucknall lies on the Biddulph branch of the North Staffordshire railway, 2 miles NE of Stoke-upon-Trent; has a r. station; and includes the hamlet of Ubberley. Pop., 1,498, Houses, 283. Bucknall-Eaves lies about a mile further NE. Pop., 248. Houses, 50. The parochial chapelry bears the name of Bucknall-cum-Bagnall; includes also the township of Bagnall; and was constituted in 1807. Post Town, Hanley, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Real property, £8,621; of which £4,385 are in mines. Pop., 2,170. Houses, 408. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Bagnall, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. E. Powys. The church is good.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))